I felt as if I would burst into tears if anyone saidanything to me. I thought I would make it through without conversationtill Mommy started."Dana, I ...ery proud of you. Your table manors are as good as yoursisters. And sitting there together it's very hard to tell one from theother."I just squirmed down further in my chair till Daddy had to put in histwo cents in a teasing manor, " Well, I've always said Diane was theprettiest girl in preschool but Dana is going to give her some. Everything. Eventually, their lives." There was silence from the two for a moment as they stared at the young woman, then, "Sorry to be dripping all over your ambulance."Toby chuckled, finally having time to really look at the big man across from him. His pants, from the knees down, were caked in the black, evil-smelling mud of the swamp. His hair was sweat-soaked, and his shirt, wet as the rest of him, was torn down one side. The paramedic looked closer, then said, "Looks like something put a. She’d been born in this very house. As Xander opened the box and pulled out the rattle, the teddy bear, and the other toys we’d happily bought in anticipation of her arrival, I picked up a picture of our little bundle. In the photo, Xander held her. Even now, I was amazed at how much she looked like his side of the family, with her red hair and light eyes. ‘She should be outside riding her bike,’ I sobbed, putting my head on Xander’s shoulder. ‘It’s nobody’s fault she died the same night she. .. yes, I can see how that could have happened. What I can't see is how the two of you – both sensitive, intelligent human beings – couldn't have sorted things out the next evening. Or sometime in the past couple of months, at least, for god's sake..." Yeah, well," I conceded, moodily. "Maybe that's another point – I mean, our relationship has always had a sort of undercover quality – I think the world of the woman, I really do, but all the time I was getting to know her she was, of course,.